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Justice Department to probe missing texts between FBI agents

By Kelly Cohen
Published January 22, 2018 11:51pm ET
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Justice Department to probe missing texts between FBI agents
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said a review into the missing texts is "already underway to ascertain what occurred and to determine if these records can be recovered in any other way." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) | Carolyn Kaster

The Department of Justice said it will review why text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were not preserved by the FBI’s system, and if they can be retrieved.

In a letter to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, sent Friday but released Monday, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd gave notice the Justice Department was turning over the previously requested July 2015 to July 2017 texts between the two FBI agents. The latest batch provided is 384 pages of text messages, which will be added to the department release of 375 individual messages in December 2017.

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